Is Emory a Top Choice For Anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No football
No engineering
Suburban location/no convenient public transit
Red state

Not for kids looking for the whole package (flagships) or true urban schools (BU, NYU)

My son applied to BU and NYU, would never have applied to Emory

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents who went to Ivies are sheepish and apologetic when their kids attend Emory.

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents who went to Ivies are sheepish and apologetic when their kids attend Emory.

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

Actually…Harvard alone dominates on most metrics of alumni success. Most billionaires, politicians, Nobel prizes, etc. far more than any school that is 2nd on these metrics.

All the other top 15 schools are far more alike each other while again Harvard is an outlier.

[Anonymous]

Good school. Would be grateful & amazed if my kids gain acceptance. Otoh, just kinda blah.

[Anonymous]

Every kid is different. My rising senior has ruled out colleges in Georgia and several other states. I'm sure Emory is top choice for some students. Thank goodness students can think for themselves and not be swayed by the ebb and flow of rankings and or the bandwagons for "popular" schools. Best wishes to all with rising seniors - wishing your students find a good fit and that the school(s) love them back.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No football
No engineering
Suburban location/no convenient public transit
Red state

Not for kids looking for the whole package (flagships) or true urban schools (BU, NYU)

My son applied to BU and NYU, would never have applied to Emory

I would have never applied to either of those so there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No football
No engineering
Suburban location/no convenient public transit
Red state

Not for kids looking for the whole package (flagships) or true urban schools (BU, NYU)

My son applied to BU and NYU, would never have applied to Emory

Wouldn't have gotten in either. Your kids go to W&M acting like Emory is somehow beneath you.

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I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

how about carnegie mellon?

pass

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

wonderful schools, just tough for kids to get excited about them

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame and Emory are very different in terms of social vibe and culture. I don’t think there’s much overlap between the two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No football
No engineering
Suburban location/no convenient public transit
Red state

Not for kids looking for the whole package (flagships) or true urban schools (BU, NYU)

You mean “state schools”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame and Emory are very different in terms of social vibe and culture. I don’t think there’s much overlap between the two.

Peers means prestige not social vibes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

wonderful schools, just tough for kids to get excited about them

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

Emory scholars is similar to an EA application and it receives 15k applications. Another 5k apply ED. So most apps to Emory are early applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just wouldn't want my kid to go there. Or Northeastern. I'd feel like a settler.

Northeastern is like top 5 most applied private school in the US and top 2-3 from DMV with 50% yield rate.
Nobody would care about your kid.